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Patented May I6, 1899.

B. R. SPUOHE. END POST AND BRAGE FOB WIRE FENCES.

(Application filed Aug. 30, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RANSOM R. SPOORE, OF NEWARK, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPHM. RAUB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

END POST AND BRACE FOR WIRE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 625,278, dated May 16,1899. Application filed August 30,1898. Serial No. 689,836. (No modeL)To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RANSOM R. SPOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of IVayne and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in End Posts and Braces for'Wire Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in end posts for wire fences andmeans for inclining said posts in order to increase or diminish thestrain on the wires extending between the posts.

The object of my said invention is to regulate the strain on the wiresby the inclination of the main post at one end of the panel, as will bemore fully shown in the specification, illustrated in the drawings, andpointed out in the claim.

In the drawings which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is aperspectiveview of the panel posts and braces in position. Fig. 2 is atop or plan view of the spanner or brace with its connections. Fig. 3shows the main post, brace, and adjusting-bolt, parts being broken away.Figs. 4, 5, and (5 are detail views.

A is a metallic end or main post formed of iron or steel plate bent at aright angle and provided with notches a to receive the upper end of thespanner or channel-brace B, which is semicylindrical or channeled inform, havin g suitable slots 1) and b to receive the posts, and at itslower end abuts against the opposite short semicylindrical or channeledpost 0, and D is a curved bolt passing through post A and brace B andadjustable therewith by means of the nut 'E. Near the ground the posts Aand O are connected by a tension-rod F, having a screw-threadedextremity provided with the ad justing-nut G. These parts A and C haveat their lower ends angular projections a and c, forming a foot or baseto insure a solid foundation when they enter the ground. As the wireswhich extend between the post A and the corresponding post at the end ofthe panel are expanded or contracted by changes of temperature the slackis taken up by changing the position of the nut E on the curved bolt D,(and the nut G on the tension-rod F,) and thus at all times the wiresare retained in a taut position. Each post A is provided with a seriesof notches a to re ceive wires which extend from one post A to thecorresponding one at the end of the panel, (not shown herein,) theseries of wires being looped around each post A, and may be continuedindefinitely. Avertical plate 11 is secured usually by a bent clip nearthe lower end of each post A, and being embedded in the ground preventsthe post from turning in its seat, thus serving as an anchor.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The angular post A, having the notches a,.

a 12 therein, tongues a formed integral with the post at its lower endand bent in opposite directions, plate H having slots, clips passedthrough said slots and bent in opposite directions, whereby the plate issecured to the post near its lower end, curved adjusting-bar D, securedto the post near its upper end and connecting therewith the upper end ofthe channeled brace B in combination with said brace B, tension-rod F,and short auxiliary channeled post 0, the post C, having tongues aformed integral with the same at its lower end, the upper end of thepost 0, engaging the lower slotted end of the brace B, the bar D, andtension-rod F, being provided with nuts E, and G, respectively foradjusting the brace and rod, all arranged and operated substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I afi'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RANSOM R. SPOORE. Witnesses:

M. H. RICHMOND, J. M. RAUB.

